Ubuntu

[lustyd]

These weren't official, they were CD-Rs put together by an outfit called CheapBytes. Certainly writing a floppy or three using files off the disc was part of the install procedure, but I can't remember the details.

Pete

kernel, boot and driver I think then much mucking about to get the install finished at which point you had to spend a week deciding between FVWM, IceWM and the various others before settling down to any kind of work Of course in those days work would pretty much have to have been something terminal based or coding based due to the shocking lack of software

 

[prv]

kernel, boot and driver I think

Yep, that rings a bell.

Of course in those days work would pretty much have to have been something terminal based or coding based due to the shocking lack of software

Ah, well, since I was a sixth-former in my bedroom at that point there was no actual work involved . I never did get past the point of fiddling, configuring, and installing things. I remember spending a lot of time trying to get a two-machine coax network working across the room to a prehistoric Zenith 8086 with 5 1/4" floppies, PC-DOS, and GEM.

Pete

 

[Mrnotming]

I'd like to try Chrome, but only Chrome OS is available AFAIK?Supposedly not the same item?Do I err?

 

[DaveRo]

I'd like to try Chrome, but only Chrome OS is available AFAIK?Supposedly not the same item?Do I err?

There is Google Chrome, which is a browser, Chrome OS, which is an operating system, the Chrome Book (and Chrome Box) which is a computer based on Chrome OS. You can run the Chrome browser in several operating systems, including Linux.

There is also Chromium - which is the open source version of the Chrome browser.